Activities at Hazel Lodge Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Sonia Teixeira
I am thrilled to be part of the team at ‘Hazel Lodge’ and to use the large range of experience I have from within the care sector.
As the Activities co-ordinator I have a real passion for promoting individual well-being and life enrichment and work closely with residents and their families, planning activities and events that they would like to participate in.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Hazel Lodge Care Home
Harvest Festival
We had a lovely time celebrating Harvest Festival by reminiscing about days gone by and for some of the residents, bringing in the harvest , driving tractors and the traditional hop-picking which brought families from London to Kent and Sussex in September . Although, the days of staying in hopper huts has passed the art of harvesting the hops is passed down through the generations and some of these families still come every year to help with the harvest .
Also , in true tradition we asked for food items to be donated which will be distributed to local people in need .
Tractor Run Comes to Hazel Lodge
What an amazing morning we had when the tractor run came to Hazel Lodge . Residents enjoyed chatting about the different tractors and reminiscing about days on the farm, helping to plough the fields and potato picking in autumn.
Carol had fond memories of driving her Massey Ferguson tractor on her farm and we even managed to persuade Caroline our General Manager to have a go in the Hazel Lodge car park !
Fun in the Sun
With the sun shining we've been making the most of getting outside and enjoying an Ice Cream float in the garden . This retro classic brings back memories of summer holidays gone by , whether that be the summer of '76' or the 2 weeks of rain in a caravan in Westward Ho !
Eileen's Birthday
At Hazel Lodge we do love a good birthday ! To help Eileen celebrate we all came together to enjoy a very delicious cake made by our hospitality team and to show off some very silly hats .Happy Birthday Eileen !
Indoor Garden Party
Thank you to everyone who braved the soggy British weather to come along to our garden party . Unfortunately, even with our garden marquees in place, the rain finally won and we had to all get very cosy indoors.
It may have dampened our hair but it certainly didn't dampen our spirits and in true British style we were soon up dancing in the aisles to the wonderful songs from entertainer Andy Mace.
Ice Cream Day
We celebrated National Ice Cream Day by learning all the history behind the 'Walls' ice cream brand .Launched back in 1922, Walls gave us all our family favorites such as Mr Whippy, Cornetto, Vienetta, Carte d'Or and many more.
Upcoming events
Professionals Networking Lunch
If you would like to grow you business or community group, why not come along to our informal Networking lunch on Thurs 18th July. Please call 01323 921550 for more info.
